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Geneva 2012: Fiat 500L, Heir To The Multipla Throne
North America missed on the ermm…unique…Fiat Multipla, sold in Europe in the late 1990′s, but Fiat dealers, clamoring for another product, will get the Multipla’s spiritual successor, the 500L....
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Fiat USA May Expand Lineup Beyond 500L
The Fiat 500L may be joined by another Fiat product, but the brand’s North American head said that it won’t necessarily resemble the 500 vehicles. Speaking to the Detroit Free Press, Fiat’s Tim...
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Sergio Marchionne Confirms Third Fiat Model By 2014 – But Only For Canada
Our intrepid Brazilian correspondent Marcelo got the hearts of Canuckistani readers racing after he leaked news of an expanded Fiat lineup for Canada. According to Senhor de Vasconcellos, Fiat will...
View ArticleOh Look, It’s The Fiat 500X
Click here to view the embedded video. Slow sales of the Fiat 500 in America have Marchionne & Co. pinning their hopes on a small crossover, dubbed the 500X, to boost sales. Our first look comes...
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Fiat 500L To Launch In Soft-Roader Guise
It’s an open secret that the Fiat 500L will debut in North American trim at next week’s Los Angeles Auto Show, but the 500L will bow in somewhat different form than what we may have been expecting....
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500C+(2)500L = $$$: 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show
Fiat dropped a product onslaught at the LA show, revealing two variants of the 500L, and an Abarth version of the 500C, so I can better sunburn my enormous bald spot. But since you already know what...
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NAIAS 2013: Fiat 500L
Tucked away in the corner of Fiat’s booth was the Serbian-built 500L. The most striking part of the car was the interior – it’s much more subdued than the regular 500, lacking the flashy, colorful...
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Chicago Auto Show: 2014 Fiat 500L
What happens when foreigners have been in America for a few years? They start getting fat like Americans. And so it is with the 2014 Fat 500L which has gained mass, two doors and a plumper overall...
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Fiat 500XL Forgot Its Epi-Pen
The next example of the Fiat 500 range, the rather literally named Fiat 500XL, has revealed itself via a leaked photo. It looks a bit like a Fiat 500L that’s all swollen via anaphylaxis. The 500XL may...
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Capsule Review: 2014 Fiat 500L
The car you see above is actually not the 2014 Fiat 500L. For most of you, this will be a relief. It’s actually a Fiat Multipla from the mid-1990s. It is ugly. So ugly, in fact, that I love it. I’ve...
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Will The Real Fiat Multipla Please Stand Up
Hours after I longed for a return of the Fiat Multipla, Fiat delivered. The 500L Living will be a true MPV, carrying seven. The last Multipla only carried six. It will be a bit longer than our 500L...
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Jeep Consolidates Patriot/Compass Starting In 2014
Buyers hankering for a more macho alternative to the Buick Encore won’t have to wait too long for something to fill that void. According to Edmunds, an all-new Jeep, similar in size to the Encore,...
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Review: 2014 Fiat 500L (With Video)
I have to admit, I’m a fan of the Fiat 500. Yes, I know it’s just a Fiat Panda with bubbly sheetmetal. Yes I know it’s a little peculiar. Yes I know it’s trying to ride on MINI success. It doesn’t...
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That “Small SUV” Coming From Chrysler Will Be A B-Segment Jeep Crossover
Much has been made over the one future product announcement in Chrysler’s IPO filing. Apparently, it will be a an SUV based off of the Small Wide platform. A bit of detective work can help us figure...
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Fiat Punto to Be Axed, $13.2 billion Spent On 20 New Models Over Next 3 Years
Fiat Punto, not long for this world. Sources tell Bloomberg News that Fiat Spa will spend as much as 9 billion euros ($12 billion) over the next three years developing new models for for the European...
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Rental Review: 2014 Fiat 500L “Easy” FWD
“Cheap and cheerful.” It’s a phrase the Brit mags like to use all the time to describe poverty-priced cars that attempt to use design and color to mask their humble aspirations. Think Scion xB...
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Dispatches Do Brasil: Young Americans
FCA has been trying to broaden the appeal of its Fiat line in the US. Success may be a ways off, into the future, or at least won’t materialize until the Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X are launch. But...
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New Round of IIHS Small Offset Tests a Mixed Bag
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released the results of its latest round of small offset crash tests. This latest group of twelve cars posted a wide range of scores, highlighting the...
View ArticleFiat Sales Are Crumbling In America
New product is not fueling renewed American interest in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ namesake Fiat brand. The 500X, the latest product added to Fiat’s U.S. lineup, was clearly the brand’s best-selling...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in Serbian Union: Charcoal and Darts!
Union workers at the Fiat 500L factory in Serbia (the same factory that built those fancy Yugos) have been demanding raises and the addition of another model for months. The union representing those...
View ArticleJeep Patriot* Is TTAC’s 2016 Worst Automobile Today (And Here Are the Other...
It’s a Dodge Caliber festooned with a seven slot grille and boxy proportions. It exists for no other reason than to leverage the brand equity built up by decades of Jeep heritage. The Patriot*,...
View ArticleTTAC Says These Are 2016’s Ten Worst Automobiles Today, But The American Car...
Let’s face it: the automotive enthusiast universe wasn’t clamouring for a sub-subcompact, three-cylinder Mitsubishi hatchback. Not surprisingly, the Mitsubishi Mirage ended up on TTAC’s list of 2016’s...
View ArticleBummed in Belgrade: Fiat Lays Off Serbian Workers Because 500L Sales are...
Despite Pope Francis giving the model a thumbs up, sales of the ungainly looking Fiat 500L continue their downward slide, with the automaker announcing it will cut one of three shifts at its Serbian...
View ArticleAll Fiats Are Failing in America, Even the 500X Crossover
Nearly one-third of the workforce at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ plant in Kragujevac, Serbia, was laid off last week because of poor Fiat 500L demand. In the United States, the 500L is by no means the...
View ArticleFiat Slashes Trims and Prices as Buyers Vacate Brand
It’ll be easier to get into a Fiat 500 next year, but the question is: does anyone want to? Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has cut prices and reduced the number of trim lines of the 2017 500 as the tiny...
View ArticleFiat 500L Confirmed As New Crossover’s Nameplate
Ditching the codename of “Ellezero” Fiat has given their new crossover the anti-climactic “500L” nameplate. And while Europe will get a three-row version with 7 seats, Americans will get the five...
View ArticleFiat 500L: A Multipla By Any Other Name Would Look As Strange
Some of the B&B doubted the veracity of early renderings, but it turns out they were accurate. This is the Fiat 500L, the car that’s supposed to boost Fiat sales here in the USA and carry on the...
View ArticleFiat Delays Italian Production Of Baby Jeep
Fiat will delay the launch of a B-segment Jeep, designed to slot below the Compass and Patriot. Instead, the Fiat version of the car will take precedence and launch in 2013. The rest of the world will...
View ArticleOne Way to Reduce Massive Fiat 500L Inventory Glut: An Ongoing Strike at...
Entering June 2017, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ U.S. dealers had a 219-day supply of Fiat 500Ls, roughly 1,400 cars in stock for a nameplate that generates fewer than 200 U.S. sales per month. At least...
View ArticleQOTD: Which New Vehicle is the Worst Waste of Base?
Each week, TTAC’s basic car correspondent Matthew Guy brings you an Ace of Base article. Matt’s carefully selected examples are base models which tick many desirability boxes, proving you don’t need...
View ArticleOur Long Global Nightmare Is Over – The Fiat 500L Is Back, Baby
The strike is over. Inventory can once again ramp up. After 21 days of concern over the future of Fiat 500L, FCA’s Serbian employees are back at work. And, uh, it doesn’t appear as though dealer stock...
View ArticleFCA Canada Often Reports Zero Fiat 500L Sales, Stands by Fiat 500L for the...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles did not sell any Fiat 500Ls in Canada in August. Hyperbole has gotten the best of modern society. You might say, “Those chips have no taste,” when asking your grocery-shopping...
View ArticleRare Rides: All New Fiat Models, Apparently
The Downward Spiral wasn’t just a groundbreaking Nine Inch Nails album — it also aptly describes Fiat’s current sales trajectory in North America. (Sorry for the headline, Corey.) With January 2018...
View ArticleThis Stings: Coronavirus Comes for the Fiat 500L
Of all the production upsets born of coronavirus-caused supply chain disruptions, the idling of Fiat Chrysler’s Kragujevac, Serbia assembly plant is certainly not near the top. Not for American...
View ArticleGood News: The Fiat 500L Is Back in Production
Fiat Chrysler’s Serbian assembly plant was the first European auto factory to shut down as a result of the growing coronavirus pandemic — a grim harbinger of things to come, and not just for Europe....
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